Dawn Warren Doubles-Down on Her Lies About Sustainable Westchester

Robert Cox

25 Jul 2024 — 7 min read

DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 25, 2024) — More than a month after I asked New Rochelle Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren to explain her clearly untrue statements preceding a June 18 vote on a resolution giving the Acting City Manager carte blanche to sign contracts with Sustainable Westchester, I have obtained records which show she lied.

When confronted with email exchanges she had with Francis Thomas Dwyer, Assistant Counsel for the New York State Department of Public Services, Warren inexplicably told me last night her false statements were true, even though the emails show the opposite.

As New Rochelle Financial Woes Persist, Yadira & Co. Post Bid for On-Call Balloon Decoration Services

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (December 11, 2025) — The city of New Rochelle has posted a bid for on-call balloon decoration services, specification number 5832, with bids due by 3 p.m. on January 7, 2026. Seriously — on-call balloons!

Final Demand – Bid 5820 / The Young Companies Proposal (FOIL Requests of Oct. 30, Nov. 13, and Nov. 21, 2025)

This “last chance” email was sent to New Rochelle Deputy Counsel Jeffrey Briem with copies to City Manager Will Melendez, City Clerk Kim Jones, Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert and all six council members.

SMOKING GUN: New Rochelle City Manager’s Shifting Story on Flowers Park Bid Collapses Under Developer’s Own “Return Everything” Letter

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (December 5, 2025) — A November 20, 2025 letter from the attorney representing the sole bidder on New Rochelle’s withdrawn Flowers Park redevelopment project directly contradicts City Manager Will Melendez’s latest claim that the city never surrendered the original proposal. The letter, obtained through a